Legislature OKs equipment rental to town

Monday

Jul 28, 2014 at 2:04 PM

Staff report

The Steuben County Legislature approved a deal Monday to rent the county’s pavement grinder to the Town of Big Flats, along with the creation of a new account that will store revenues from the rentals, expected to be about $70,000 per year.Public Works Commissioner Vince Spagnoletti said the funds in the account would be used for necessary repairs on the $710,000 machine, and any surplus could be saved toward the purchase of a new machine in the future if it becomes necessary.The county’s agreement with Big Flats allows them to rent the machine, with operators, at a total cost of $4,000 per day.